John Kapoor, fourth from right, joins dignitaries in cutting the ribbon to formally open John and Editha Kapoor Hall.

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 28, the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences officially opened its new home, John and Editha Kapoor Hall, named for alumnus John N. Kapoor and his late wife, Editha.

Beginning in 1986, through the John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation, the couple has given back to the pharmacy school to support research, graduate fellowships and renovation of the South Campus facility.

The result is a stronger faculty, more of the brightest students, and now a high-tech facility where students are following a new course of study designed to make optimal use of all the building’s state-of-the-art learning and research spaces. And if that isn’t enough, UB Pharmacy currently ranks 17th in the United States and is the only pharmacy school in the SUNY system.  Continue reading →